MUMBAI: Charles Cadell will be joining McCann Worldgroup as the regional managing director for South East Asia and Australia.

Cadell is currently serving his notice period at Lowe Lintas as chief executive officer.

"I will be joining McCann in the second week of January", Cadell confirmed to Indiantelevision.com. 

In his new role, Cadell will be handling McCann‘s South East Asian business. He will be reporting to McCann Worldgroup CEO Nick Brien. 

Cadell had joined Lowe Lintas in 2007. Prior to that, he was working as the CEO of Leo Burnett Malaysia and president, Asia Pacific, Arc Worldwide, a Leo Burnett affiliated marketing services company based in Malaysia.